GUADEC: New funding models for open source software

Posted Aug 16, 2012 5:23 UTC (Thu) by ian00 (guest, #55476)
In reply to: GUADEC: New funding models for open source software by cmccabe
Parent article: GUADEC: New funding models for open source software

I disagree. Failure is not significantly more likely for kickstarter software projects than other kickstarter projects. Remember, the vast majority of small businesses fail.

GUADEC: New funding models for open source software

Posted Aug 16, 2012 5:45 UTC (Thu) by ian00 (guest, #55476) [Link] (1 responses)

I've always felt baffled that Free Software has been so bad about this issue. I think there are so many millions of dollars that would be happily donated and would be put to great use. I can just think of so many ways the current situation could be so much better.

Idea: A distribution adds a payment system that would allow easy donations, to individual non-profits, or the distro itself, or a mix. Throw in something to the distro installation ui, the package manager ui which connects non-profits to the packages they work on. Allow people to opt-out, or opt-in to everything.

GUADEC: New funding models for open source software

Posted Aug 16, 2012 5:45 UTC (Thu) by ian00 (guest, #55476) [Link]

^ this was meant to be a top level comment